Most of these areas are census-designated places that have been created by the United States Census Bureau for enumeration purposes within a township.

Over the following decades, many changes were made to the township borders and eight new townships were created.

Sebewa Township was a part of Berlin Township until March 19, 1845, when it was created as a separate township.

In 1865, the township of Bear Lake, also including the area of Pleasanton, was created, formerly being part of Brown Township.

The township claims to be the " oldest Township in the State of Michigan "; however, that is plainly mistaken as many other townships were created earlier than Muskegon Township.

The township was established in 1840 as a township of Saginaw County and encompassed all of Tuscola County, which had been created by an Act of the Michigan Legislature on April 1, 1840, from land in Sanilac County and attached for administrative purposes to Saginaw County.

The township was initially created as Richland Township by an act of the Michigan Territorial Legislature on October 20, 1829, along with Lima Township, out of Bucklin Township.

The township was created in 1837 and was named for Ira Marks, an early settler.

Consequently, certain residents of Hampton, New Hampshire petitioned for a grant of a separate township to be created from the western part of Hampton.

Egg Harbor City was created from portions of the township on June 14, 1858, while the Town of Hammonton was created and split off on March 5, 1866.

Not long after, the Erie Railroad created a stop in the township, bringing about the first major population boom in the region's history.

The Borough of Clementon was created on February 13, 1925, from Clementon Township, one of nine municipalities created from the now-defunct township, based on the results of a referendum held on March 17, 1925.

The Borough of Hi-Nella was created on April 23, 1929, from Clementon Township, one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of five new municipalities ( joining Lindenwold, Pine Hill, Pine Valley and Somerdale ) created on that same date.

The Borough of Lindenwold was created on April 23, 1929, from Clementon Township, one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of five new municipalities ( including Hi-Nella Borough, Pine Hill Borough, Pine Valley Borough and Somerdale Borough ) created on that same date.

The Borough of Pine Hill was created on April 23, 1929, from Clementon Township, one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of five new municipalities ( including Hi-Nella Borough, Lindenwold Borough, Pine Valley Borough and Somerdale Borough ) created on that same date.

The Borough of Pine Valley was created on April 23, 1929, from Clementon Township, one of seven municipalities created from the now-defunct township, and one of five new municipalities ( including Hi-Nella Borough, Lindenwold Borough, Pine Hill Borough and Somerdale Borough ) created on that same date.

On a bitterly cold day in January, 1895, accompanied only by Neal Brown as his deputy, Tilghman left the township of Guthrie and headed for Rock Fort and Dunn's ranch.

The ancient Greek township of that name, whose existence is attested by coins of the 5th and 4th centuries, and the river itself were located in ancient Thrace in the Chersonese.

Laws and regulations were disseminated by royal messengers who visited each township and assembled the inhabitants to give their chief's orders.

Parma is bisected by a township line ; as a result, the town lies in both Parma and Sandstone Townships, an interesting twist in an area where townships tend to be more important than villages, at least as far as government goes.

* In 1976, peaceful student protests in the Soweto township of South Africa lead to the Soweto Uprising when more than 700 black school children were killed by South Africa's Security Police.

The medieval township on Veøya, an island outside present day Molde, was first mentioned by the historian Snorri Sturluson as the location of the Battle of Sekken in 1162, where king Håkon the Broad-shouldered was killed fighting the aristocrat Erling Skakke, during the Norwegian civil wars.

The Act also introduced a system of voter registration, to be administered by the overseers of the poor in every parish and township.

Instead of appearing by hundred or by township, holdings appear under the names of the landholders ( tenentes ), i. e. those who held the lands directly of the crown in fee.

Most shires were visited by a group of royal officers ( legati ), who held a public inquiry, probably in the great assembly known as the shire court, which was attended by representatives of every township as well as of the local lords.

In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music.

Each township is administered by a committee of township leaders, who make decisions regarding city beautification and infrastructure.

The residents protested and the subsequent killing of eleven protesters spawned by the Namibian War of Independence with the formation of united black opposition to South African rule as well as the township of Katutura.

The city and township coexisted until March 6, 1878, when Plainfield Township was dissolved and parts were absorbed by Plainfield city, with the remainder becoming Fanwood Township ( now known as Scotch Plains ).

The township was founded by Jonathan Fowler, who fell in love with Yellow Creek which flows through Poland.

Here Huygens hoped to escape the stress at court in The Hague, forming his own ' court ', indicated by the name of the house which has a double meaning: Hof (= Court or courtyard ) Wijck (= avoid or township ).

Bundaberg as a European township was founded by timbergetters Bob and George Stewart in 1867.

In Canada, a municipality is a city, town, township, county, or regional municipality which has been incorporated by statute by the legislatures of the provinces and territories.

Townships are designated by their township number and range number.

* A survey township is a unit of land measure defined by the Public Land Survey System.

Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden, Springfield, Union and Westfield.

The commissioners are part-time officials and the township government is run day to day by the Township Administrator and various department heads.

Thomas went to Sweden, recruited the first 51 immigrants, and led them into the township that became New Sweden.

Thomas went to Sweden, recruited immigrants and led them first into New Sweden township followed by the townships of Westmanland in 1879 and Stockholm in 1881.

The township was established on March 11, 1837, and was named after Thomas Hart Benton, U. S. Senator from Missouri.

When the township was organized in 1843, the Michigan State Legislature named it " Tom Benton ", after Thomas Hart Benton, the notable U. S. Senator from Missouri.

A railroad station and facilities were necessary near the northern edge of the township, and so the second community, Thomas, was developed.

A railroad station and facilities were necessary near the northern edge of the township, and so the second community, Thomas, was developed.

The Freeland post office, ZIP code 48623, serves nearly the entire township, as well as portions of Midland and Williams townships to the north, Frankenlust and Kochville townships to the east, Thomas and Richland townships to the south, and Ingersoll Township to the west.

Thomas Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

* Dice is an unincorporated community in the township at Dice and Thomas Roads.

* Thomas is an unincorporated community in the northern part of the township on Saginaw Bay at.

The township contains these two cemeteries: Lakeview and Saint Thomas.

Sir Thomas Wentworth resided in West Bretton, England on his estate called Bretton Hall, after which the township was named Bretton Woods.

The name was officially changed to Edison Township on November 10, 1954, in honor of inventor Thomas Edison, who had his main laboratory in the Menlo Park section of the township.

According to Joshua Coffin, the early settlers included " Captain John Pike, the ancestor of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who was killed at the battle of Queenstown in 1813 ; Thomas Bloomfield, the ancestor of Joseph Bloomfield, some years governor of New Jersey, for whom the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named ; John Bishop, senior and junior ; Jonathan Haynes ; Henry Jaques ; George March ; Stephen Kent ; Abraham Toppan, junior ; Elisha Ilsley ; Hugh March ; John Bloomfield ; Samuel Moore ; Nathaniel Webster ; John Ilsley ; and others.

One of the first recorded ships of the township was a sloop belonging to Thomas Ridgway Sr. John Mathis Sr. also had a ship which his son, Daniel, sailed the West Indian routes.

The town of Stem was established as a separate and distinct entity from Tally Ho township in 1888 by William Thomas Stem.

On January 16, 1850, Robert Logan, Thomas Davison and Daniel Bieber were appointed by the court to review the boundaries of a new township to be formed from the northwestern part of Wilkins.

St. Thomas Township is a township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Of these, three elementary schools ( James Buchanan, Thomas H. Burrowes, and Elizabeth R. Martin ) and one middle school ( Wheatland ) are located in the township.

By 1685, Southampton was recognized by the Provincial Council as a township, and the lands within its borders had been allocated to thirteen original purchasers: John Luff, John Martin, Robert Pressmore, Richard Wood, John Jones, Mark Betres, John Swift, Enoch Flowers, Joseph Jones, Thomas Groom, Robert Marsh, Thomas Hould and John Gilbert, whose tracts were delineated on a Map of the Improved Part of the Province of Pennsylvania drafted by Thomas Holme, Penn's Surveyor General.

In 1855, the surveyor Frederick Peppercorne was instructed by Sir Thomas Mitchell to determine a site for a township in the area.

Gibson township named for Thomas Gibson MPP for a Huron riding from 1867 to 1898.